Jian Li

Jian Li is Associate Professor in Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University. He is in charge of bioinformatics platform. Prior to joining Southeast University in 2014, Dr Li was visiting scientist, principle investigator and post-doctoral fellow in Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University (Denmark) from 2008 to 2014. He received his bachelor degree of medicine from School of Clinical Medicine, Southeast University in 2001 and PhD at Human Genetics Institute, University of Aarhus in 2008.

Research Fields

● Bioinformatics & Systems of Biology

● Cancer Genomics

Research Projects

Data on biological systems is being generated at an unprecedented speed by new high-throughput molecular profiling techniques. Consequently, we are rapidly accumulating information about all aspects of cell function, such as DNA and protein sequences, gene expression levels and its regulations, epigenetic modifications, post-translational modifications, protein-protein interactions, metabolic pathways, protein complexes etc. No doubt, in Big Data Era, bioinformatics and systems biology are rapidly extending their applications in comprehensive biomedical research fields. Dr. Li is developing and applying bioinformatics tools to advance our understanding of cancer and autism. Major projects are as follows:

● Development of novel algorithms to understand tumorigenesis of skin tumors